Pilot killed in small plane crash in Virginia identified as local Army veteran

Authorities in Virginia identified a local Army veteran as the pilot and sole occupant of a fatal plane crash in Fauquier County over the weekend. 

Virginia State Police said Simmie Adams, 62, of Bealeton, Virginia, was piloting a 1975 Beechcraft plane and was in the processing of landing at the nearby Warrenton-Fauquier airport at around 4 p.m. Sunday when the aircraft collided with several trees, causing it to crash into a remote area, FOX 5 Washington, D.C. reported. He was an Army veteran of 21 years.